Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

RCT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LIMITED 

The Charity's main objectives are to relieve the distress and suffering of women and children caused by exposure to domestic abuse.
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1,501£1,397£103£0£1,102£1,0128.7360
31/03/22£1,469£1,359£110£0£999£9808.73815
31/03/21£1,650£1,418£231£0£888£8887.5390
31/03/20£1,382£1,272£110£0£657£6576.23920
31/03/19£1,279£1,116£163£0£547£3443.7340
31/03/18£1,055£1,058£-3£0£583£5296350
31/03/17£1,042£1,001£41£0£316£2823.4290
31/03/16£1,031£1,106£-76£0£276£2702.9300
31/03/15£1,131£1,148£-17£7£351£2963.1310

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 18.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 10 years

www.WARCT.co.uk

CHARLIEARTHUR@WA-RCT.ORG.UK

01443400791

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Rhondda Cynon Taff,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 36 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£492,779
Masonic Trust£70,044
Co-Operative Group£7,340
BBC Children in Need£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to RCT Domestic Abuse Service
£1,509 21/10/2023
We would like to buy food and provide cookery lessons to those we support. The lessons will focus on buying food on a budget and meal planning. Participants will be able to take the meal home.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£70,044 17/05/2023
Domestic abuse support for people aged 60+ in Rhondda Cynon Taf through the employment of a specialist officer
National Lottery Community Fund - Cynon Safety Centre
£248,995 29/09/2022
The project will be creating a new centre in the Cynon Valley to provide accessible support for victims of domestic abuse sexual abuse or have been a victim of violence against women. The centre will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and Young People R.I.S.E Resilience Intervention Safety and Education
£233,844 27/01/2022
48
Over four years Women’s Aid in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use £233844 towards staff and delivery costs to provide support for children and young people who have experienced domestic violence and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Aid RCT Rebranding
£9,940 19/10/2021
Women’s Aid in Rhondda Cynon Taf will rebrand their organisation to enable them to engage with a wider audience especially male victims of domestic abuse and children and young people. £9940 will ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Safer Rhondda
£3,243 24/10/2020
Group work has been shown to better improve relationships within families affected by domestic abuse.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Women's Aid RCT
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This project will fund a worker to support children and young people who's experience of domestic abuse have been exacerbated by Covid-19. Thanks to this work they will increase their ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 26/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Women's Aid RCT
£2,588 15/11/2019
We want to increase access to domestic abuse awareness courses and support for women and children in our area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Safer Rhondda Centre
£260,041 26/03/2019
36
Safer Rhondda Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentor Coordinator
£125,401 26/07/2017
36
Project Summary : The project will enable women in Rhondda Cynon Taff, who have been affected by domestic abuse or sexual violence, to build their confidence, self-esteem and self-worth through one ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The SAFE Project Sessional Worker
£5,000 10/07/2017
12
Project Summary : Women’s Aid in Rhondda Cynon Taff will use the grant to run three wellbeing courses for the people who use their service, which will expand on the current provision. What Money ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Women's Aid RCT
£83,145 11/10/2016
36
This project will fund an outreach service for children and young people affected by domestic abuse. They will learn to be better able to deal with their trauma, improve their relationships with ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Womens Aid in Rhondda Cynon Taf
£15,000 27/04/2012
the salary and on costs of the Outreach Support Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Cwm Cynon Women's Aid Community Support
£95,795 21/09/2011
36
The project will provide additional support to female victims and domestic abuse and their children, through employing a Community Support Worker to work with women in the local community, provide an ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2014, number: 1155423
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/01/2013, number: 08356730
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR23: 11 days late,
Main office

Cynon Safety Centre
Compton House
First Floor Offices
4&5 Victoria Square
Aberdare
CF44 7NT

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE :-A) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC ABUSE;B) TO RELIEVE ANY WOMAN OR CHILD IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY, OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICE OR FACILITIES;C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES;D) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, AND TO UNDERTAKE OR CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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